Improvement in expanding cheese-hoops



R. VAN HORN.

Expanding Cheese Hoop.

Patented Aug. 28, 1866.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT VAN HORN, OF NORTHFIELD, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN EXPANDING CHEESE-HOOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,599, dated August 28, 1866.

To all whom it may concem Be it known that I, ROBERT VAN Heart, of Northfield, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful 1mprovements in Expanding Cheese-Hoops; and I do hereby declare that the following is a complete description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a top view, and Fig. 2 is a side view.

Like letters refer to like parts.

My invention relates to devices for expanding or contracting the circumference of the hoop at pleasure, even when the cheese is in it.

The hoop A is composed of some substance that possesses the necessary degree of elasticity, as sheet metal or firm thin wood that will bear bending into the required form, so that the ends will lap over each other, forming a hoop.

To the outer end of this hoop I attach, by means of a clasp, B, and hooks C, or otherwise, a strap of strong firm leather, D, or other flexible material, as strong canvas or belting, having a width nearly equal to that of the hoop. Thisstrap should have a length about equal to onequarter the circumference of the hoop. The outer end of this strap D is attached to the roller E, which is turned by means of a wrench, F, the arm of which is bent, as shown in Fig. 2, for the purpose of holding it in any desired position by contact against the side of the hoop.

The roller E is secured to the hoop ata suitable distance from the inner end by means of hinge-like bearings G, or in any other convenient manner.

The operation is as follows: To contract the diameter of the hoop the roller E must be turned in the direction of the arrow. To expand the hoop the roller must be turned in the opposite direction, and the degree of expansion or contraction can be most accurately marked by ehangin g the position of the wrench F upon the head of the roller E.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described devices for contracting or expanding the hoop, consisting of the strap D and roller E, or their substantial equivalents, the several parts being constructed, arranged, and operating as and for the purpose set forth.

ROBERT VAN HORN.

Witnesess:

W. H. BURRIDGE, FRANK ALDEN. 

